Little Horwood, Buckinghamshire Family History Guide

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Little Horwood is an Ancient Parish in the county of Buckinghamshire.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1568
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1577

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HORWOOD (LITTLE), a parish, with a village, in Winslow district, Bucks; 1¼ mile N of Swanbourne r. station, and 2½ NE by N of Winslow. Post town, Winslow. Acres, 1, 950. Real property, £2, 500. Pop., 449. Houses, 106. The property is subdivided; but a large portion of it, with the manor, belongs to W. S. Lowndes, Esq. A very fine herd of Alderney cows is here; and butter is sent often hence to the Royal family. The parish was a meet for the Rothschild hounds. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £150. Patron, the Church Patronage Society. The church is ancient, and has a tower. Charities, £6.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Buckinghamshire, Little Horwood – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Little Horwood, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Buckinghamshire, Little Horwood – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Little Horwood, 1571-1841
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Little Horwood (Buckinghamshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Little Horwood, 1629-1640
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Little Horwood (Buckinghamshire)

Parish registers for Little Horwood, 1568-1884
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Little Horwood (Buckinghamshire)

England, Buckinghamshire, Little Horwood – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Little Horwood, Bucks., Eng

Maps

Old maps of Britain and Europe from A Vision of Britain Through Time

Administration

  • County: Buckinghamshire
  • Civil Registration District: Winslow
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of St Albans
  • Diocese: Pre-1845 – Lincoln, Post-1844 – Oxford
  • Rural Deanery: Mursley
  • Poor Law Union: Winslow
  • Hundred: Cottesloe
  • Province: Canterbury